Friday, October 17, 2014

Ah the dreaded TBR pile. With some many pretty books getting released, I tend to buy them with the best intentions, and they end up replaced by even more awesome books. It's a cycle that we book addicts understand. So, I wanted to feature some of the books I've got on my shelf that I need to actually pick up and read (because I'm sure they're awesome)!

Stork by Wendy Delsol

Family secrets. Lost memories. And the arrival of an ancient magical ability that will reveal everything.

Sixteen-year-old
Katla LeBlanc has just moved from Los Angeles to Minnesota. As if it
weren’t enough that her trendy fashion sense draws stares, Katla soon
finds out that she’s a Stork, a member of a mysterious order of women
tasked with a very unique duty. But Katla’s biggest challenge may be
finding her flock at a new school. Between being ignored by Wade, the
arrogant jock she stupidly fooled around with, and constantly arguing
with gorgeous farm boy and editor-in-chief Jack, Katla is relieved when
her assignment as the school paper’s fashion columnist brings with it
some much-needed friendship. But as Homecoming approaches, Katla
uncovers a shocking secret about her past — a secret that binds her fate
to Jack’s in a way neither could have ever anticipated. With a nod to
Hans Christian Andersen and inspired by Norse lore, Wendy Delsol’s debut
novel introduces a hip and witty heroine who finds herself
tail-feathers deep in small-town life.

Shadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoSurrounded by enemies,
the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a
swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on
human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely
refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when
her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally
injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that
could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from
everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be
trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the
mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it
seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her
untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . .
. and the secrets of her heart.

Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst

Liyana has trained her
entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. She will dance and summon her
tribe's deity, who will inhabit Liyana's body and use magic to bring
rain to the desert. But when the dance ends, Liyana is still there. Her
tribe is furious--and sure that it is Liyana's fault. Abandoned by her
tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the
dust in search of her.

Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a
trickster god at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing,
and they set off across the desert in search of the other vessels. The
desert tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. But the
journey is dangerous, even with a god’s help. And not everyone is
willing to believe the trickster god’s tale.

The closer she grows
to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants to disappear to make way for her
goddess. But she has no choice--she must die for her tribe to live.
Unless a trickster god can help her to trick fate--or a human girl can
muster some magic of her own.

1 comments:

I don't know about Stork. That on sat on my stack until one of my purges sent it to my school Media Center. But I did enjoy Shadow & Bone and Vessel. I hope you get to them and enjoy them as much as I did.

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